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All-terrain wheelchair launched at Wildfowl Trust

CROP OUT THE WOMAN AT LEFT Guest from the US Embassy John Miller (second from left), George Dieffenthaller on the eggie, president of the Wild Fowl Trust Molly Gaskin, and National Centre for Persons with Disabilities representative Subert Gilbert. -
CROP OUT THE WOMAN AT LEFT Guest from the US Embassy John Miller (second from left), George Dieffenthaller on the eggie, president of the Wild Fowl Trust Molly Gaskin, and National Centre for Persons with Disabilities representative Subert Gilbert. -

The Pointe-a-Pierre Wild Fowl Trust recently hosted the launch of a new specially designed wheelchair, the "Eggie," that gives occupants safe access to many nature trails and frequently visited environmental areas in Trinidad and Tobago.

Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Esther Inniss, left, and president of the Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust Molly R Gaskin. -

The wheelchair was provided by Subert Gilbert of the National Centre for Persons with Disabilities, a non-governmental agency that promotes the equalisation of opportunities for people with disabilities through training, information, research and consultative services.

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